Some cognitive and neuropsychological aspects of social inhibition and facilitation

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 828-846

  Wagstaff, Graham F ^a   Wheatcroft, Jacqueline ^b   Cole, Jon C ^a   Brunas Wagstaff, Joana ^a   Blackmore, Victoria ^a   Pilkington, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERVIEW; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 45849114046     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: 14640635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09541440701469749     Document Type: Article

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